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This book seeks to explore how legislation, which is the backbone of governance and enforcement systems, accommodates and makes provision for the connections among economic (and...

This chapter deals with site-specific land contamination issues where the focus was on soil and groundwater contamination. Sites were assessed on a case-by case basis, where it...

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of some of the most crucial services rendered by natural ecosystems to humankind and how they can be restored as part of...

UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook (2019) calls on decision makers to take immediate action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable...

This document aims to present a balanced view of, on the one hand, the benefits of using mineral fertilizers and on the other hand the environmental risks involved. This review...

The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme has collected enough information through country reports and topic reviews to make a summary overview of the state of the...

This book presents the current state of the art on the subject of photosynthesis by initially describing in part one the various photosynthetic mechanisms in relation to plant...

Cette évaluation environnementale intégrée (EEI) du Mali dresse le bilan de l’état de l’environnement du pays au regard des tendances sociales, économiques, sécuritaires, et de...

This report was conceived with a naturalistic approach, i.e. global and inter-regional, incorporating different parameters which shape the coastal zone. It is subdivided into 3...

The Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) was established jointly by UNEP and UNESCO in 1976 with the aim of finding direct solutions to the most urgent environmental problems...

This book is an attempt to capture the messages in the reports from SCOPE and IPCC as well as some other information and in a way that is accessible to the non-expert reader....

This review discusses the current slate of knowledge regarding the potential human health hazard following exposure to aromatic amines.

The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by UNEP in 1974. Since then the Governing Council of UNEP has repeatedly endorsed a regional approach to the control of marine...

This survey of the literature on lead in soil discusses methods of estimation of total and available lead in soils, the relationships between soil properties and the uptake of...

This Working Paper was written by Ridley Nelson, Natural Resources Environmental Specialist in the Systems and Technology Division, Environment Department, with assistance from...

The joint action of Unesco and UNEP in preparing this state-of-knowledge Report on tropical forest ecosystems can be seen as a natural outcome of the desire to provide better...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to present you the African, Caribbean and the Pacific Multilateral Environmental Agreements Programme III (ACP-MEAs...

Happy World Water Day. The world's religions and spiritual traditions unanimously acknowledge water as a source of life. Each respects water as a blessing and a gift from (the)...

In this issue: The 8th Session of INCD; World Day to Combat Desertification; Climate Fluctuation as a Source of Desertification in a Semi-Arid Region of Argentina; The Potential...

Desertification Control is an international bulletin published at six-monthly intervals by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to disseminate information and...